Foggy Pacifica

Posted on | February 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

As with the Point Reyes National Seashore post, I’m going to be posting some older images in the coming days. I didn’t have a blog back then so it should be fun to take a trip down memory lane. Anyway…

This photo was taken up the street from my apartment. I had lived at this location for over a year by this point but never realized that just a few blocks up the street was this amazing view of the San Mateo coastline. Living close to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California is an awesome experience, but also very aggravating in some ways. Every morning for instance, my windows would be covered in a layer of fog and would be difficult to keep clear because it was usually cold, windy and moist outside at all hours of the day. As you can imagine, the car starts to get dirty at some point and then I’d have to take it to the car wash. The problem was that it would get back dirty again by the next day. If I had the luxury of parking the car in a garage then perhaps it might not have been so bad but I think most others probably had similar issues.

The positives far outweighed the negatives though. Within a few miles of driving, one could easily escape the urban life and do serious nature photography. Wilderness areas in the Bay Area aren’t thrashed like they are in Southern California. Most trees don’t have carvings in there, you don’t see a lot of graffiti outside of man-made structures and there aren’t beer cans and potato chip wrappers lining every river bed. Also, San Francisco was so easy to get to. I was just a 15 minute BART ride away from downtown, or an equally as short drive provided that there were parking spaces available.

Bay Area residents have the best of both worlds in my opinion.

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Point Reyes National Seashore

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 9 Comments

There was a point in my development as a photographer that I realized how lucky we are in this country to be able to pursue our passions such as landscape photography. That moment for me came to me one weekday morning at Point Reyes National Seashore six or seven years ago when I had a rare day off from both grad school and my job. I didn’t have much time nor money back in those days so pretty much every time I went out shooting photos was a treat to me but on this one cold morning it was different.

I went to McClure’s Beach and there was no one there. Not a single soul. No human development on the shoreline. No cars. No footprints on the sand. Nothing but just me and the pounding surf. This was my 2nd visit to Point Reyes, and the first time was very crowded since I went on a weekend during peak spring wildflower season so it really caught me off-guard with how much different this experience felt. It hit me that out of the six billion people on this planet, that I was the only person in the whole world who got to spend the morning at this world-renowned national park beach. I didn’t come away with any photos worth processing but that experience has since stuck with me.

Tomorrow I bet there will probably some 23 year old kid out there doing the same thing that I did. Trying to find his way in the world while telling his story through photos. For someone eager to carve out their niche on this planet, the world can seem like a crowded place but when you look for long enough you start to realize that there is enough room for everyone to be themselves.

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Mulholland Drive

Posted on | February 1, 2010 | 4 Comments

If you are the “hustle & bustle” type then L.A. is probably perfect for you. As I was turning left onto Cahuenga, I intended to stop inside of the gas station but noticed this Mercedes following way too close to make it into the gas station safely so I kept going. Before you know it, the guy is cussing me out from behind then pulls up alongside me still cussing me out and then started to flip me off. Eventually he cut me off with his middle finger still sticking out of the window up into the air for at least a minute until I pulled off onto Mulholland Drive. Welcome to Hollywood!

Anyway, I had never been up to Mulholland Drive before despite being one of the most visited scenic locations in L.A. I was pleasantly surprised. I had the Hollywood Sign to my left, Hollywood and Downtown right in front of me and the Pacific Ocean obscured by clouds to my right. The view from Mulholland Drive is completely different than the other downtown L.A. skyline pictures I have been shooting. Despite a steady stream of tour buses, I’ve seen much worse crowds at places like the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree NP or at Yosemite. At least the people were respectful toward each other’s personal space.

Now that I have crossed this off of my checklist I think I might try for an evening panoramic of the San Fernando Valley from Mulholland Drive next or perhaps the Staples Center and Disney Concert Hall at night.

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Downtown Church

Posted on | January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments

As I was driving down from the Santa Monica Mountains with Patty Griffin’s fantastic new album, Downtown Church, playing on my car stereo, I spotted this large cross overlooking downtown L.A. so I immediately pulled over into a ditch then used the last of my three remaining frames that I had on my memory card. I thought it was a funny random occurrence since I had no idea that there was a giant cross overlooking Los Angeles.

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Oops!… I Did It Again

Posted on | January 29, 2010 | 6 Comments

This was taken on Wednesday night after another day of rain on Tuesday. I can’t keep talking about the same thing over and over again so I’ll talk equipment this time… My first few attempts at this scene were taken with a Canon 70-200mm lens on the full-frame 5D Mark II but it wasn’t enough focal length to get Mount Baldy as large in the frame as I had wanted. In the past few weeks I have been using my 20D which added 1.6x to the focal length of the lens but still wasn’t enough. So last Saturday I picked up a 1.4x extender accessory for my lens so I could get more reach. I didn’t know what the expect image quality wise but I’m happy to report that I didn’t see a significant drop-off sharpness when compared to my earlier shots. In fact, I haven’t even taken it off the camera since I purchased it.

In addition to shooting some skyline photos that I hope will sell someday, I also picked up the extender because I will need it this year for the grizzly bear photo tour in Alaska and Yellowstone. In my opinion, getting an extender is a more cost-effective way to get more focal length from your existing lenses rather than having to purchase more expensive telephoto lenses that will set you back a few years of future retirement investments.

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New York Photo Store Scams (Buy From a Reputable Dealer)

Posted on | January 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

One look in the advertising section in the back of every photo magazine and you will probably notice a number of retailers with a wide range of pricing on photography equipment. Of course the store with the lowest prices will sound the most enticing. Unfortunately like the saying goes, some things are too good to be true. Just because a store is advertising in the back of a big-name magazine doesn’t mean that they have a good reputation.

It’s important to do your homework before purchasing. Ask people that have experience purchasing expensive photography equipment for store references. Check the Better Business Bureau website. Check the photo forums for opinions. The reason why I bring this up is because many stores sell “Grey Market” photo equipment and do not disclose this upfront. Grey Market gear looks like the official U.S. versions except for the names in some instances like the Canon Digital Rebel (U.S.) versus 300D, 350D, etc… These foreign versions tend to be cheaper than the American versions but should you need repairs or a return, then you will have a much more difficult time getting Canon or the retailer to accept your camera or lens. There are also instances where you might be missing accessories that should have come with the official version of the kit. I made this mistake once of purchasing from the cheapest retailer and ended up having to ask if I was getting the U.S. warranty or not then that’s when I got the bait and switch. They said I would have to pay xx extra amount to get the U.S. version of the equipment which was not the advertised price on their website. But that’s not all. Once I received the camera, the instruction manual was a photocopied version of the real version. Some parts were barely legible. Being a 22 year old kid, I didn’t know any better at the time but things to started to add up a few years later when I did more research and had more experience purchasing from legit photo stores such as B&H.

What prompted me to write about this is because I met a guy the other day who said he had a 400D or something like that. An official version of the camera would be called the Rebel so it got me to wondering if he really knew who he was purchasing from and what he got. I’ve also seen some relatives with the non-U.S. version in addition to another photographer friend. That’s fine if you know the risks from purchasing this stuff but I would imagine that most do not know.

If you are going to shop online for photography equipment in order to “save money” then I would recommend sticking with B&H, Adorama, Calumet, and Samy’s Camera. Most people generally have good things to say about those retailers. I have also purchased from Beach Camera in the past without issue but to be honest I’m not aware of what other people’s experiences are with them so this is just my own personal opinion. The reputable dealers can also sell Grey Market items but they disclose up front and you are probably less likely to have major issues with purchasing from them. However, you still wouldn’t have the U.S. warranty and would likely be offered a store warranty as an add-on. I have a feeling that they would prefer to sell the U.S. versions as well.

If you know what you are purchasing and can tell the difference between a good deal and a scam then you can pretty much purchase from anywhere that gives you a good impression but it’s those who can be taken advantage of that usually do get taken advantage of from scammy retailers. Better yet, maybe support your local photo store by shopping there if you have concerns about purchasing online. It may not be as cheap as buying from the New York photo stores but at least you will be getting what you bargained for.

For full disclosure, I am an affiliate of B&H but that is only because I shop there personally and trust them.

LA Skyline Twilight

Posted on | January 25, 2010 | 5 Comments

From where I live, Mount Baldy looked great. However, from L.A. not so great. The peak kept getting obscured by haze but then it peeked out just barely for a few minutes as the sun was setting over the Pacific Ocean. It was cold and windy outside, and I kept having to refresh the Yahoo Sports results for the Vikings – Saints game on my Blackberry every minute but no way I was going to pack it up early no matter what it looked like outside. Patience and persistence does eventually pay off.

I will still keep my eye open for clean air quality should it ever happen but there are other L.A. shots I want to pursue now. Mulholland Drive, Griffith Park Observatory, Disney Concert Hall, Hollywood Sign, Randy’s Donuts and Staples Center come to mind. Los Angeles skyline photos from Mulholland Drive and the Observatory are some of the most common scenics but I haven’t tried either so those will probably be next on my list when time permits.

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Los Angeles Skyline Photo With Winter Backdrop

Posted on | January 24, 2010 | 12 Comments

I am coming to the conclusion that mid-morning winter light might be as good as it gets in Los Angeles. As a landscape photographer, I am always evaluating air quality and lighting conditions in every way and time imaginable even when I’m not photographing. The morning after a storm is usually as clear as our air quality will ever get. As the day progresses, it gets hazier and the snow starts to melt. My efforts to date with this scene concur with that general rule of thumb.

I started off yesterday morning with the intention of photographing trees on Mount Baldy covered in deep snow. However despite heading up Mount Baldy Road shortly after sunrise, there was already a line of cars due to the CHP stopping traffic to make everyone put on chains. Judging from the rate at which people were getting through, I estimated that it would take at least an hour and a half to get to the front of the line just for the “privilege” of putting on tire chains. Pain in the a**. The road up to the ski area isn’t that far but I always avoid putting on chains despite having a set in my trunk. The snow level was pretty far down, probably to 2,000 feet I’m guessing but I’ve driven in much worse without chains so I don’t get what the big deal was. In fact, my brother and I went up there to three feet of fresh powder on a Monday morning following a storm two years ago and no chains were required. We were also the only two up on the mountain that morning. I think chains are probably to protect the L.A. weekend crowd from themselves since most have no clue how to drive in the mountains.

In no mood to waste my morning just sitting there I decided it would be better to try for another skyline photo so I went the opposite direction to L.A. I figured that downtown would be in shade if I had gone any earlier but since it was mid-morning by the time I got there I hoped that some light would be on the buildings by that hour. At sunrise,  Mount Baldy is in shadow too I think. Though there is a chance that the late afternoon hours might have okay air quality, the snow doesn’t look as vibrant as the day wears on following a storm. The Santa Monica Mountains directly behind the Hollywood Sign for example looked amazing in the morning but when sunset came around, there appeared to be a lot less snow and it didn’t look as good. And as for Mount Baldy? It was obscured by clouds for the rest of the day.

There is supposed to be a small storm coming in on Tuesday so I might give this one more try on Wednesday morning or at sunset if it looks decent. Otherwise, I think I can live with this until the next big storm comes. We only get big storms like this every few years so there aren’t all that many opportunities to get this photo.

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Winter in Southern California

Posted on | January 23, 2010 | 4 Comments

After a week of heavy storms that has brought big snow to the local mountains, it promises to make for some amazing photos. I’m so excited! I’m crossing my fingers to see if I can get enough clearing to get my dream L.A. skyline photo.

“The Size of the Rat”

Posted on | January 17, 2010 | 9 Comments

If you have been following this blog over the past month or two, this scene has probably become a familiar sight. I have this compulsion to get this photo exactly the way I want but all the stars haven’t aligned quite right just yet. In some shots I even got the bloody red sunset light reflecting off of the downtown buildings and off of Mount Baldy peak but if only not for the haze!

The people who live in these hills have the best view in all of Los Angeles in my opinion. However, reality set in for me after calling it day. I went inside of the Taco Bell located right in front of these hills to use the restroom but noticed there were electronic security locks on the restroom doors that require a password to open and the service counter had six-inch thick bullet proof glass in addition to another electronically secured door leading to the kitchen. You have to use an intercom just to speak to anyone. Food is handed to you over the counter through a two-step window lock system. Aside from the affluent areas, much of the rest of urban L.A. is like this (or should be…).

I’m grateful that I can just take pretty pictures and don’t have to live in the city. With that said, there was a classic Galen Rowell article called, “The Size of the Rat”, which referred to an unending desire to do the best work that you can possibly do. L.A. is not exactly my favorite place in the world, but there is this gnawing feeling in my gut to keep shooting this until it goes away.

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Mid-Winter Foliage in Southern California

Posted on | January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

I liked how the bare trees contrasted with some remaining “fall color” along the San Gabriel River. We don’t really have true winters here in Southern California but it is nice to photograph the seasons while in transition. The blog isn’t really a good way to view detailed images so I put up a full-resolution version up on my archive that you can view it full-screen if you hit the little button on the bottom: San Gabriel River photo gallery.

Mount San Jacinto State Park

Posted on | January 8, 2010 | 6 Comments

I’ve always been impressed with the size of the San Jacinto Mountains rising above Palm Springs and I knew that one way to go to the State Park was via the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. I was curious to see if there was another way to photograph the area so I drove toward Idyllwild. It was a very scenic drive though the opportunities to photograph San Jacinto Peak (2nd highest in Southern California) were limited from that direction. However, there were some pretty awesome views of the valley down below.

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Another Kelso Dunes Photo

Posted on | January 7, 2010 | 4 Comments

Another view of the Kelso Dunes. If you look closely at the left side of the ridge, you can see the slide marks from where I went down. Everyone else was on the other dunes to the left of here so I had this whole place to myself. I saw a few people run all the way down from the top of the dunes. Crazy. Though not as hard as asphalt, I certainly wouldn’t want to go tumbling down a 600 foot cliff. I kind of need my neck!

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Kelso Dunes

Posted on | January 6, 2010 | 11 Comments

Rising more than 600 feet from the desert floor and covering about 45 square miles, the Kelso Dunes are quite an amazing sight. From the parking lot, the dunes appear to be easily accessible. However, it is a bit deceiving since the dunes are so large that it looks like a much shorter hike than in reality. The trail from the parking lot to the dunes is about 1-1.5 miles which wouldn’t be that much under normal trail conditions but this trail consists of fine sand which makes your feet sink in with each step. There is also a slight incline which in combination with the fine sand made it an exhausting hike. In a few spots that required walking up a small dune, I almost collapsed face-first into the sand because I was so out of breath. I suppose if I didn’t have a tripod and camera equipment it might have been a little easier but judging from the condition of other people on the trail I don’t think that going camera-less would have helped that much. It took me about an hour and a half to reach the dunes with a few short photo breaks along the way.

The whole way there, I was wondering to myself how difficult it would be to explore the dunes if the trail getting there was already that tiring. I was relieved to discover that the dunes are actually easier than the trail itself because the sand is packed in solid in most spots which made it easier to keep my footing. I didn’t have enough daylight left to go all the way up the spine of the largest dune so I went back down the easy way by sliding down the face of the dune (the right cliff of the upper left part of this photo). One of the reasons I chose to go down this way was because I had read that the Kelso Dunes are one of only several dunes in the world that make a rumbling sound when large amounts of sand get displaced. It wasn’t happening naturally from where I was so I wanted to hear it even if that meant I had to cause it myself.

Anyway, I would recommend giving yourself 4-5 hours if you want to have time to explore the dunes. I arrived at the trailhead at 1:30 p.m. which didn’t leave me enough time to explore much during the short winter days. Kelso is pretty far from L.A. so it is probably best to camp overnight somewhere in the Mojave National Preserve or see if you could find a room in Baker which is located about 25 miles north via Kelbaker Road off I-15.

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Baby Photos: Mei-Yu

Posted on | January 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

My cousin Jackie is in town visiting from Iowa along with her now 15 month old baby girl, Mei-Yu, so we took the opportunity to do a baby photo shoot during Christmas weekend. I have never done formal portraiture and since my style of photography is primarily photojournalism, this was a loose and fun photo shoot. I saw Mei on Christmas Day but the previous time before that was last year’s holiday season so I really didn’t know how she would react to having her picture taken.

Initially I had my 35mm f2 prime lens and off-camera flash thinking that I was going to get static posed baby photos. I quickly found out that it was going to be very difficult to get Mei to pose for pictures or even stay in one place for more than a few seconds at a time so I had to ditch my flash and swapped out my lens for the 24-70mm zoom lens for versatility. Chasing the baby around was just going to make her more nervous so with the zoom at least I could sit in one place and get more pictures until her comfort level would allow me to use the wider focal lengths.

Mei loosened up eventually and really enjoyed the ice cream truck riding toy that my mom had bought her for Christmas. (There is a family story as to why my mom bought this for her.) In this photo, Mei was jumping up and down on the toy laughing with joy.

We are fortunate that my grandma is still able to get around at age 82 so Jackie had wanted a photo of great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and daughter all together – knowing that since baby Mei wasn’t able to sit still for very long, I had my grandma, aunt and cousin set up in position for the posed family portraits while my mom was trying to catch Mei and hand her to my cousin so I could take the posed photos as quickly as possible.

When I was in grad school, there was a highly-regarded commercial portrait photographer that gave me some insight about portraiture saying that the hands should tell a story about the subject. With that in mind, I wanted to see if I could get a photo of them holding hands. Tracking down Mei took a little longer than expected so I had an opportunity to make some “test exposures” against the bright wall. I ended up really liking the result with all of them sharing a genuine moment of laughter with the camera being merely a passive observer of family life.

This moment was perhaps my favorite. Mei ran from halfway down the street and paused in front of me to do a frenetic dance. It was pretty wild!

This was the “four generations of family women” that I had envisioned several days before the photo shoot with my grandma, aunt, cousin and the baby on swings in successive order all looking at the baby. The concept was a modern twist to the nativity scene where all of the elders are looking at baby Jesus.

I frequently follow a few wedding and commercial photographer blogs including Jessica Claire, David Jay, Nick Onken, etc… so I had this high-key fashion / commercial photography look in mind for this composition and post-processing. I took a number of frames and this was the only one that worked out the way I wanted it to. For the post-processing, I ran a few stylized Lightroom 2 presets then modified the image with the goal of having extremely bright highlights on the background with perfectly exposed family members.

In my opinion, the key to people photography is to capture raw emotion. It is very difficult to achieve unless the subjects have a comfort level with the camera. Basically you want to be a fly on the wall and make them almost not even be aware that you as the photographer are even there. So I waited at the bottom of each of the three slides photographing Jackie and Mei’s ride down from beginning to end. A few images near the top of the slides showed fear in both of their eyes as the speed picked up but in the end, they both had a lot of fun.

The colorful play equipment at this park were perfectly suited for shooting baby photos. The overcast lighting conditions provided a nice diffused studio quality light on the vibrant colored park equipment.

Overall, I really enjoyed this baby photo shoot with Mei and Jackie. This is not something I had considered before but since this experience was a good one, I would definitely be interested in doing more of this for other families if the opportunity comes up.

If you want to see full-screen images here is the baby photo slideshow.

Mojave Trails National Monument

Posted on | January 1, 2010 | No Comments

Senator Diane Feinstein recently introduced legislation to create two new national monuments in the California desert. This was especially interesting to me because the area around Amboy, which I recently photographed, lies within the proposed Mojave Trails National Monument.

Happy New Year!

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Happy Holidays

Posted on | December 21, 2009 | 11 Comments

This is my last blog post for the year. Though I didn’t shoot as much as I would have liked, it was still a fun year. Three especially memorable photo shoots were:

1. Butchart Gardens

2. The Wedge

3. Minter Gardens

Next year promises to be an exciting year as I have signed up for a grizzly bear photo tour in Alaska and also would like to travel to Yellowstone National Park, South Dakota and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Before the trips, I need to get a telephoto lens and learn how to use it properly. I’ve been to Yellowstone and South Dakota so I have an idea for what to expect in those places but Alaska and Hawaii are environments that I have never experienced so bring it on!

What are your plans for next year?

Happy holidays!

- Richard

Los Angeles Skyline and Mount Baldy

Posted on | December 20, 2009 | 6 Comments

No colorful sunset because it was cloudy on the horizon but man, what a view! I’ve wanted to see a snow-capped Mount Baldy behind the L.A. skyline for years now. Friday night had some crazy red light on Mount Baldy that would have been perfect but I was hiking in my local hills which doesn’t come with the skyline view.

Can’t have everything I guess.

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Foreclosure of a Dream

Posted on | December 16, 2009 | 7 Comments

I’m sure that almost all of us know someone that has been severely affected by the current economic situation. People my parents’ age (50+) in particular probably saw their dreams vanish before their eyes along with the Dow Jones. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have this 30 year plan laid out and within grasp only to have the carpet pulled out from you. You go to work, spending a disproportionate amount of your adult life at a thankless job with the goal saving enough to put the kids through school and retire while you are still healthy enough to enjoy life.

Maybe it really was a dream. I’m sure a lot of people start to re-evaluate their life in times like these. Pondering perhaps what is the purpose of killing yourself for the sake of economic “prosperity”. After all, studies suggest that people are more depressed than ever, teens are crazier than the previous generation, the environment is going down the tubes, etc…

So while walking around Roy’s Motel, I was looking for a photo that would tell the story of a once seemingly prosperous place that had fallen from grace. I went from room to room looking for a broken window that I could use the frame the Roy’s Motel sign outside. The one shattered window I found wasn’t in a position where I could line it up with the sign so I ended up with a very different picture. One that hints at a more optimistic future for something that was once prosperous, fallen from grace, eventually to find redemption once the storm passed.

Though Route 66 isn’t the same as it once was, it is now a nostalgia trip. Through all in all, Route 66’s past is remembered in a positive light now. I think the story here is that everything will be okay. Just slow down enough to embrace the present. Appreciate the what and the who in our lives. There are good stories all around us. You just have to keep your eyes, ears, and heart open to whatever it is that comes into your life. We all have a story. How you write it is up to you.

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Southern California Rain

Posted on | December 14, 2009 | 5 Comments

“Weather” is sort of a joke here in Southern California. It is generally either hot or warm year-round out here in the valley but the past week was a bit cooler from the 40’s and 50’s during the day. While cool, the at times heavy rainfall this weekend wasn’t cold enough to produce any new snow in the San Gabriel Mountains apparently. On the plus side, I got to shoot a waterfall picture with my new 35mm f2.0 lens. Yay!

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